Merry Christmas from Donald Trump

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He did say today: "We're totally prepared for everything. But, things can happen. There's a thing called Mother Nature and you never know. But we know."

This was followed by reporting that FEMA is very understaffed and they have closed several smaller satellite offices in the last year. This could go very badly, but at least it isn't an island so getting supplies theoretically should be faster. He can toss some paper towels off Air Force 1 on his way to play golf at Mar Lago.

I wanna see paper towels being thrown about. Like we've come to rely on our leaders to soak up all our .... soppy brain spewage.

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Stafanowski destroying Lamont...
Lamont is a Malloy boy toy.

Let's get this done!

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Stafanowski destroying Lamont...
Lamont is a Malloy boy toy.

Let's get this done!

Actually he isn't and he's dropping hints he may lose. Stefanowski also said he'd self finance his campaign but is now is fund raising. He still hasn't explained how we can pay for anything if the income tax is eliminated. It accounts for nearly 50% of the budget's general fund.

Like in the presidential race we're stuck with two crap options.

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Actually he isn't and he's dropping hints he may lose. Stefanowski also said he'd self finance his campaign but is now is fund raising. He still hasn't explained how we can pay for anything if the income tax is eliminated. It accounts for nearly 50% of the budget's general fund.

Like in the presidential race we're stuck with two crap options.

Easy choice Snowflakes. Socialist versus Capitalist. Liberal policies got CT in the mess we're in with the budget to begin with. CT is perfect example of what happens when you think corporations and capitalism is the enemy.

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Easy choice Snowflakes. Socialist versus Capitalist. Liberal policies got CT in the mess we're in with the budget to begin with. CT is perfect example of what happens when you think corporations and capitalism is the enemy.

Dirty azz democrats. If they would do this to one of their own, imagine what they would do to a republican. Oh wait, I don’t need to imagine it, they are doing it to trump daily.

I don’t like liberal Nixon, but painting her as anti Semitic when she is raising her kids Jewish is pretty hard for even a democrat to believe. Cuomo is dumb for even thinking it was a good idea. Love watching him squirm and come up with new lies to cover it up each day.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/mailer...p-cuomo-aides/

Drain the swamp!

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Dirty azz democrats. If they would do this to one of their own, imagine what they would do to a republican. Oh wait, I don’t need to imagine it, they are doing it to trump daily.

I don’t like liberal Nixon, but painting her as anti Semitic when she is raising her kids Jewish is pretty hard for even a democrat to believe. Cuomo is dumb for even thinking it was a good idea. Love watching him squirm and come up with new lies to cover it up each day.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/mailer...p-cuomo-aides/

Drain the swamp!

Can guarantee you this guy didn’t vote for trump.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/man-wa...rans-cemetery/

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In 601 days Trump has topped 5000 lies and misleading statements. In the last nine days he has averaged 32 a day. Prime example of his living in La La land is his claim the US did an A+ job with Puerto Rico

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.ebb24d9e1d2f

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In 601 days Trump has topped 5000 lies and misleading statements. In the last nine days he has averaged 32 a day. Prime example of his living in La La land is his claim the US did an A+ job with Puerto Rico

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.ebb24d9e1d2f

Why didn't the US do an A+ job in Puerto Rico? And how is that a lie? Shows how weak this 5000 lie tracker really is.

The US put in more resources and money to support Puerto Rico than it did for Houston and Florida. It is simple logic that a place with poor infrastructure will have more deaths as a result of a hurricane than one that doesn't. I'd like to see the actual breakdown of those deaths because while less people died as a result of the immediate aftermath in Puerto Rico than Houston more people died in the weeks and months after in Puerto Rico because of the poor infrastructure. In addition, those deaths include people falling off roofs attempting their own repairs, lack of access to hospital, etc. Not exactly directly related to hurricane but more related to the poor states of the economy in Puerto Rico and its access to resources.

The actual effort to support (which could have been an A+) does not have to be directly related to the result (deaths) because there are other variable that have much more influence on the deaths.


Take Katrina for example. Most of the deaths there were related to Lake Pontchartrain's levees breaching and flooding the lower 9th ward. Two key variables in that outcome. 1, Lower 9th ward citizens not heeding the warning of national weather services to evacuate, 2, those citizens not having the resources to prepare and make decisions on their own. These are factors unrelated to government responsibility and more related to personal responsibility. So most stayed and many died.

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Why didn't the US do an A+ job in Puerto Rico? And how is that a lie? Shows how weak this 5000 lie tracker really is.

The US put in more resources and money to support Puerto Rico than it did for Houston and Florida. It is simple logic that a place with poor infrastructure will have more deaths as a result of a hurricane than one that doesn't. I'd like to see the actual breakdown of those deaths because while less people died as a result of the immediate aftermath in Puerto Rico than Houston more people died in the weeks and months after in Puerto Rico because of the poor infrastructure. In addition, those deaths include people falling off roofs attempting their own repairs, lack of access to hospital, etc. Not exactly directly related to hurricane but more related to the poor states of the economy in Puerto Rico and its access to resources.

The actual effort to support (which could have been an A+) does not have to be directly related to the result (deaths) because there are other variable that have much more influence on the deaths.


Take Katrina for example. Most of the deaths there were related to Lake Pontchartrain's levees breaching and flooding the lower 9th ward. Two key variables in that outcome. 1, Lower 9th ward citizens not heeding the warning of national weather services to evacuate, 2, those citizens not having the resources to prepare and make decisions on their own. These are factors unrelated to government responsibility and more related to personal responsibility. So most stayed and many died.

This excuse making is pathological

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This excuse making is pathological

Translation: I don't know how to counter your argument.

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US response to the 2010 Haiti (an even poorer Carribbean island) earthquake (a surprise vs when you see a hurricane coming) was much more robust and immediate following the quake.

(Haiti)"Before dawn the next morning, an Army unit was airborne, on its way to seize control of the main airport in Port-au-Prince. Within two days, the Pentagon had 8,000 American troops en route. Within two weeks, 33 U.S. military ships and 22,000 troops had arrived. More than 300 military helicopters buzzed overhead, delivering millions of pounds of food and water.

No two disasters are alike. Each delivers customized violence that cannot be fully anticipated. But as criticism of the federal government’s initial response to the crisis in Puerto Rico continued to mount Thursday, the mission to Haiti — an island nation several hundred miles from the U.S. mainland — stands as an example of how quickly relief efforts can be mobilized.

By contrast, eight days after Hurricane Maria ripped across neighboring Puerto Rico, just 4,400 service members were participating in federal operations to assist the devastated island, an Army general told reporters Thursday. In addition, about 1,000 Coast Guard members were aiding the efforts. About 40 U.S. military helicopters were helping to deliver food and water to the 3.4 million residents of the U.S. territory, along with 10 Coast Guard helicopters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inves...=.f32b17b76bdf

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b06791bb11fc02

http://www.simmins.org/Site2017/word...-versus-haiti/

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Why didn't the US do an A+ job in Puerto Rico? And how is that a lie? Shows how weak this 5000 lie tracker really is.

The US put in more resources and money to support Puerto Rico than it did for Houston and Florida. It is simple logic that a place with poor infrastructure will have more deaths as a result of a hurricane than one that doesn't. I'd like to see the actual breakdown of those deaths because while less people died as a result of the immediate aftermath in Puerto Rico than Houston more people died in the weeks and months after in Puerto Rico because of the poor infrastructure. In addition, those deaths include people falling off roofs attempting their own repairs, lack of access to hospital, etc. Not exactly directly related to hurricane but more related to the poor states of the economy in Puerto Rico and its access to resources.

The actual effort to support (which could have been an A+) does not have to be directly related to the result (deaths) because there are other variable that have much more influence on the deaths.


Take Katrina for example. Most of the deaths there were related to Lake Pontchartrain's levees breaching and flooding the lower 9th ward. Two key variables in that outcome. 1, Lower 9th ward citizens not heeding the warning of national weather services to evacuate, 2, those citizens not having the resources to prepare and make decisions on their own. These are factors unrelated to government responsibility and more related to personal responsibility. So most stayed and many died.

You forgot the years of neglect causing the levees to collapse (Us gov't), jammed roadways and poor evacuation efforts

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You forgot the years of neglect causing the levees to collapse (Us gov't), jammed roadways and poor evacuation efforts

As well as the fact that many residents were poor and many didn't have the resources to evacuate without assistance (no cars, couldn't afford flights). In other words, some had no way out and/or no where to go. Blame the feds, NOLA, LA governments. We failed. We failed PR as well.

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Why didn't the US do an A+ job in Puerto Rico? And how is that a lie? Shows how weak this 5000 lie tracker really is.

The US put in more resources and money to support Puerto Rico than it did for Houston and Florida. It is simple logic that a place with poor infrastructure will have more deaths as a result of a hurricane than one that doesn't. I'd like to see the actual breakdown of those deaths because while less people died as a result of the immediate aftermath in Puerto Rico than Houston more people died in the weeks and months after in Puerto Rico because of the poor infrastructure. In addition, those deaths include people falling off roofs attempting their own repairs, lack of access to hospital, etc. Not exactly directly related to hurricane but more related to the poor states of the economy in Puerto Rico and its access to resources.

The actual effort to support (which could have been an A+) does not have to be directly related to the result (deaths) because there are other variable that have much more influence on the deaths.


Take Katrina for example. Most of the deaths there were related to Lake Pontchartrain's levees breaching and flooding the lower 9th ward. Two key variables in that outcome. 1, Lower 9th ward citizens not heeding the warning of national weather services to evacuate, 2, those citizens not having the resources to prepare and make decisions on their own. These are factors unrelated to government responsibility and more related to personal responsibility. So most stayed and many died.

google is your friend
https://publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/d...rto%20Rico.pdf

And estimated 135,000 PR residents have permanently relocated to the US mainland, about half just in FL (think they'll forget what happened with Maria?). At one point over 800,000 residents were living on the mainland until the could return more recently.

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google is your friend
https://publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/d...rto%20Rico.pdf

And estimated 135,000 PR residents have permanently relocated to the US mainland, about half just in FL (think they'll forget what happened with Maria?). At one point over 800,000 residents were living on the mainland until the could return more recently.

This study is not that informative. Concludes a statistical increase in deaths in the aftermath, but due to what is the question? Because of PR's pre-Maria lack of infrastructure, most likely, yes. You can helicopter in all the generators in world but if you don't have power lines, or lines connected to your home, or homes itself are partially ruined your not going to have power.